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TITLE
H.S. Music Enrichment
TEXTBOOK
Music. It’s Role and Importance in Our Lives, Charles Fowler, Glencoe –
Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, First Edition, 1994
DESCRIPTION
High School Music Enrichment is designed for those students who want to learn
about the theoretical, historical, and sociological aspects of music. This year
long class will be offered only for 10-12 grade students and will include class
lectures, researching, composing, and performing aspects.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
1. Students will correctly write and analyze proper music notation.
2. Students will identify and construct major and minor scales in the 12
major/minor key areas.
3. Students will identify aural and written intervals and triads.
4. Students will perform and compose various rhythmic patterns in symmetrical
and asymmetrical meters.
5. Students will complete music writing assignments using their knowledge of the
FINALE and SIBELIUS computer music program.
6. Students will compose and analyze short part writing assignments.
7. Students will compose and arrange small excerpts of music involving their
basic knowledge of music construction.
8. Students will differentiate the styles and development of music in the six
music historical periods.
9. Students will categorize composers into the six music historical periods.
10. Students will define the historical and political ramifications on American
pop music in the 20th century.
WRITING
1. Students will write essays to compare and contrast music of different Western
Music composers.
2. Students will create a written journal expressing their thoughts about a
given musical performance or recording.
3. Students will research and write a three to four page paper on a famous 20th
century American Composer.
MULTICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
1. Students will listen and identify musical styles of African – American
composers/artists.
2. Students will write a paper discussing the role of music in our society and
in other cultures.
3. Students will identify and describe various musical instruments of other
cultures.
